Can you give a verbal command when someone is going to look at his teeth?

I do the teeth check with Birdie - just because - and say "Toofers" to her and she knows that I am checking teeth and putting hands in her mouth, so she doesn't look for a treat. (We borrowed the Gremlin's word for the command)

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mnp13 wrote:How do you teach a dog to go from the 'gait' to the stack? Forget the free stack, I can't get the monster to hold still for ten seconds on his own.

and I've been using treats to teach other commands, so when the women teaching the class went to look at his teeth he went looking for treats and nibbled on thier hands...

he's lucky he's cute or I'd shoot him.

You are probably doing this already but just incase you aren't

try this... hope it makes sense to you

As you are getting closer to the point where you want him to free stack slow down the gate gradually I have to tell Samurai easy

then if you want to use bait try to keep it in your mouth so the dog will focus up towards you first

step out to the side of the dog... your body facing into him say whatever you have chosen for your command

ie:
stack and then from there teach a step command if needed where the dog will step toward whatever direction you are baiting and coaxing him to go

you will mot likely have to physically move him to the exact positioning first as you would in a regular stack if he is wiggly or doesn't seem to understand what you are asking him to do.

I feel your pain as Samurai although he will stack beautifully still thinks as soon as the judge walks over it is p-a-r-t-y time and doen't quite get that he needs to stay stilll ( I'm a softy on him though too) LOL

I'll post more later; time for work

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I know in UKC, the judge is not permitted to examine the bite themselves....you lift the lips to show the bite. So, this is what we work on first, using the command "teeth". Once they are real good and steady with that, then we ask them to stand while we show the teeth, using the stand command.

Even if I am showing in AKC with the Rotties, I will watch for the judge to approach and then lift the lips so the judge doesn't have to touch my dog. Ijust don't like the idea of them putting their hands on my dogs mouth after they have been touching all the other dogs. I have not had a problem with an AKC judge not allowing me to show the bite rather than them.

For teaching the dog to go from gaiting to stack, when we are approaching the spot to stop, I also give the easy command, and a hand signal, similar to the stand command signal. Many times I will grab the muzzle, give them a little kiss or whisper in the ear, then begin stacking the front.

It just takes a lot of patience and training to get the to figure out the conformation ring....but they do get it, and when they get it they become really confident ...lthen watch out! LOL

wre is the one you are going to? Oh, are you still doing bite with him? If you can send some pics, both of him and frostbite 2006. How is everyone including Demodick ..... I send my regards and blessing to you guys.